Method for exercising the abdominal muscles

Abstract

A device for exercising the abdominal muscles and method comprising an informing unit having a sensor, an announciator with a signal-controlling circuit board and a signal reproducer, and elements to enable positioning and retaining the informing unit on the user's belly. The abdominal muscles are exercised by flexing them using the information from the sensor. These attract the user's attention to the exercising of abdominal muscles, by reproducing an exercise command or musical note, serving to indicate to the user to contract muscles, and stop the command, therefore resulting in more efficient development of the abdominal muscles.

What we claim is: 
     
       1. A method for exercising the abdominal muscles comprising the steps of: providing a device comprised of: * an informing unit having a sensor activated depending on the position of the user's belly, an announciator, a switch, a battery, and a massager having several massage protrusions on one side for massaging the abdominal muscles of the user, and elements to retain said informing unit on an abdominal support;   * the abdominal support for providing a gentle pressure over a wide area of the belly of a user, and having elements to enable positioning and retaining the informing unit with the massager on the side directed to the user's belly;     placing the working informing unit on the abdominal support;   placing the abdominal support around the back of the user to retain the informing unit in place on the user's abdomen in relaxed position providing an activation of the sensor which will provide a massage application;   locking the abdominal support over the waist of the user in position when the sensor is active and there is a massage application;   drawing the belly in by contracting of the abdominal muscles releasing the activation of the sensor which will terminate the massage application;   conversely, relaxing the abdominal muscles which will activate the sensor and produce the massage of the user's abdominal muscles;   turning off the switch when the exercise session is finished.   
     
     
       2. A method for exercising the abdominal muscles as recited in claim 1 where the informing unit with the sensor and the massager is positioned either to the left or right of the belly, or to lower or higher areas of the belly encouraging the user to exercise different parts of the abdominal muscles and massaging of these muscles when they are relaxed resulting in more efficient development of these muscles. 
     
     
       3. A method for exercising the abdominal muscles as recited in claim 1 where the sensor is designed as a switch. 
     
     
       4. A method for exercising the abdominal muscles as recited in claim 1 where the abdominal support is provided by a belt of trousers, shorts, skirt or by a regular shirt. 
     
     
       5. A method for exercising the abdominal muscles as recited in claim 1 where the informing unit with the sensor and the massager is taped to the user's belly. 
     
     
       6. A method for exercising the abdominal muscles as recited in claim 1 where the apparatus comprised of at least two informing units positioned on different parts of the user's belly and operated by the sensors independently.